Do you have real probabilities about auto-scouts or ships with crew?
If there is, to put it simply, a table of all the encounters and theirs odds and they basically say "more ships then auto-scouts", i will accept these facts of course.
At the moment it
feels for me that there are as many auto-scouts in the universe then real ships. Not counting nebulas.
But i don't need to watch LPs, Sleeper - they show just individual games just like my own (and i am damn sure no LPer uploads the 1 to X fuckups that are between all the good games.
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With good weapons to begin with, it is pretty easy. With the Mantis B or the Slug Ships it is damn hard (or very easy, if you find a good weapon early).
edit:
To clarify: I don't want CE to be easier for boarding strategy. A manned ship that has weaponry, a health station,maybe boarders, maybe drones and maybe wants to flee is
more challenging then most auto-scouts. I died against these mantis troopships some times already, just to give an example
And it is more fun then just auto-scouts again and again, what (in my opinion) happens too often.